John Adams

There may be bumps along the way, but PayPal, Mastercard and Visa all share the same goal, according to Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga.

Companies that rely on the U.K. as an easy portal to Europe or a bridge between Europe and North America stand to face serious challenges and are suddenly thrust into a big set of unknowns.

TSYS is beginning to integrate its $2.4 billion acquisition of TransFirst, an initiative the Columbus, Ga.-based processor hopes will substantially extend its ability to serve merchants in the high-pressure arena of multichannel commerce.

Apple plans to enable Apple Pay on its Safari Web browser by this fall, enabling users to make purchases directly from websites, but its vision for taking Apple Pay to the Web does not seem to extend much further.

E-commerce carries the promise of transactions without borders or brick and mortar, but it's still a challenge to enter a new market, according to WePay CEO Bill Clerico.

The marriage of in-store shopping, online ordering and mobile commerce is happening just as fast for retailers as it is for consumers.

A year from now, Sionic Mobile will have distributed 100,000 free iBeacons to small businesses, a $1 million marketing play the company hopes secures its place among local stores as they start to adopt mobile technologies.

Visa plans to open a facility in Palo Alto, Calif., the latest in a series of technology-focused facilities designed to cement the card brand's role in the world of payments innovation.

Visa and PayPal have been at war for as long as PayPal has existed, and their recent cease-fire could allow both companies to overcome the barriers they have spent years building between the worlds of digital and in-store payments.

Visa and PayPal have been at war for as long as PayPal has existed, and their recent cease fire could allow both companies to overcome the barriers they have spent years building between the worlds of digital and in-store payments.

Mastercard is betting its $920 million investment in the U.K.'s VocaLink gives it a significant edge in many emerging technologies, particularly in regions where it is lagging Visa in traditional card-based business lines.

Mastercard has several longer-term initiatives underway in China and other parts of Asia, an effort that's become increasingly focused on customized services.

HSBC is adding Samsung Pay support in the U.S., given the bank's customers access to all three of the major device operator-driven mobile payment systems.

The industry-led EMV Migration Forum is changing its name and expanding its focus to accommodate the myriad changes that are happening alongside the move to chip cards.

As part of an organization that's waged a four-year campaign against passwords, Brett McDowell envisions wearable technology as the nail in the coffin of antiquated security.

Frontier's old school way of processing in-flight payments sounds like a classic luggage nightmare—the passenger arrives at the destination days beforehand, if not longer.

Despite the many big companies opening their programming tools to external developers and merchants, the market for user-friendly technology is just getting started.

E-commerce seems to have a better memory than brick and mortar stores, quickly scrutinizing shoppers' purchasing and browsing habits to provide recommendations and offers to keep them coming back.

Canada's national debit scheme has been a mobile trendsetter in recent years, enabling the organization to pursue agreements with other national programs that want to replicate that success.

U.S. Bank was unusual in making users pay for real time person-to-person payments on Early Warning's clearXchange, a practice it's ending as other banks start to offer free transactions on the same network.